While Brazil and Russia were in recession in 2015 and 2016, IHS Markit found that India’s economy was chugging along, pushing the nation’s real GDP growth rates at 8% and 7.1% for those years, respectively. As a result, India moved into seventh place in 2015 after passing Italy and Brazil and kicking out Russia (which allowed Canada back into the top 10). Last year, IHS Markit expected India’s real GDP to grow 6.5%, which should have moved India into sixth place after passing France. Clients, please log in to view the full content.